Anna-Maria Chkoniya's Blog
My blog at RIAC primarily deals with the economic aspect of the BRICS group as well as its engagement in the economic development of other developing countries. It is my attempt to analyse economic processes so as to understand the formation of a so-called ‘multipolar’ world.
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Creating a multipolar world - one can easily say that this is becoming the main priority of many emerging markets. But why? Taking into consideration that there is a structural imbalance in the current world order that permeates into almost all…
The idea of creating a common currency for the BRICS nations has been brought up numerous times throughout the past year. With the establishment of new alternative financial institutes that are supposed to counterbalance the existing IMF and World Bank…
So-called “business mobility” is defined as the flow of businessmen and women who are actively engaged in trade and investment activities across borders. It is considered to be crucial in the ever-globalising world as the absolute majority…
With the 7th annual BRICS summit more than a week behind us and yet another declaration signed by the heads of state, it would be only fitting to take a look back at the results of the summit and make predictions on its possible impact on the…
History was made last week when the first ever BRICS Youth Summit took place in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event became the gathering place of over 200 young representatives from all five BRICS nations united by the common dream…
It’s no secret that the Ukrainian crisis has got out of hand. However besides the fact that it has led to thousands of civilian deaths, the Ukrainian crisis has made the contradictions in the foreign policy of Russia and the West so evident that…